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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL

500 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DESOTO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

  HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.



* UNTIL 1200 PM EDT.



* AT 500 AM THIS MORNING HARDEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT          

  HAS CALLED FOR VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS OF ALL LOW LYING AREAS AND    

  SUBSTANDARD HOUSING AT THIS TIME.





* AT 500 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AREA WIDE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS THIS MORNING. AT THE PRESENT TIME AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAIN WILL SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS BANDS OF SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE SOUTH 

FLORIDA PENINSULA.



WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR...IN THE WARNED

AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE CLOSED...AND HOMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW 

LYING AREAS...WILL BECOME INUNDATED...AND LIVESTOCK MAY BE LOST.. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR STREAMS. IF NEARING A 

FLOOD AREA...TURN AROUND AND DRIVE TO HIGHER TERRAIN.



$$



LAT...LON 2763 8158 2705 8159 2705 8204 2763 8205



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